Hiroshige III: A Real View of Nihon-bashi with Horse-Drawn Train 鐵道馬車往復日本橋の真図 (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige III (1843-1894)Title:  A Real View of Nihon-bashi with Horse-Drawn Train 鐵道馬車往復日本橋の真図Date: 1882, June 10 御届け明治十五年六月十日 According to information from the Edo Tokyo Museum exhibition “400 Years of Nihon-bashi: The Foremost Landmarks of Edo-Tokyo Seen in Art” the following timeline for the modernizing developments are recorded:  1870 (Meiji 3): Jinriki-sha 人力車A man-pulled, two wheeled carriage received the business permit for operation on the street, and a station for the jinriksha was created near the notice board area, takafuda-ba, south of the bridge.  1873 (Meiji 6): The wooden bridge (Nihonbashi) was changed into a western-style construction.  1882 (Meiji 15): The railroad for horse-pulled carriages was built on the street between Nihon-bashi and Shin-bashi, and then farther extended to Ueno上野 and Asakusa 浅草in the same year. This development was due to the completion of the railway between Shin-bashi 新橋 (meaning New Bridge), located in south of Nihon-bashi日本橋